Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-08-22

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 22
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,623 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 1,561▲ 647 vs year ago 976 · +66.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
273 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 129▼ 52 vs year ago 325 · −16.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 46▼ 17 vs year ago 63 · −27.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers mostly 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Steer calves lightly tested with a lower undertone noted. Heifer calves 10.00 to 13.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with fair demand. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 273 cows and bulls sold with 83 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $266.31/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −171.44 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$266.31
161 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,449
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.32
vs OK average
−4.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554271.711,50557
Medium and Large 1-2539263.341,419104
One grade step is worth $8.37/cwt here — about $86 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale161 hd
266.31
—
OK average5 barns · 667 hd
272.62
−6.32
National average163 barns · 7,520 hd
270.50
−4.19
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−171.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
514456397339median 437.7403/0504/3007/0909/0310/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.62, low $353.31, median $437.74 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,633161.882,64326
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,452138.442,01050
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,267134.461,70459
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,150124.501,43148

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,5001thin

Every lot

67 lots · USDA AMS · Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1398350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3933
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,3943
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,31411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned451289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,30311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,21612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned480296.25/cwt280.00–307.501,42212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,4793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,49121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned528272.99/cwt267.00–282.501,44123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned538258.22/cwt252.50–260.001,38976
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559277.27/cwt274.00–280.001,55013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned589263.68/cwt262.00–265.001,55318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned618250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,54551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620279.25/cwt279.25–279.251,73188
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned623257.10/cwt252.50–260.001,60215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,64118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670259.38/cwt250.00–260.251,73880
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned673242.01/cwt240.00–243.001,62915
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718241.83/cwt241.00–243.501,73615
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728243.89/cwt241.00–245.001,77629
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1784242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8978
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820235.89/cwt230.00–241.001,93423
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1851226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9238
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325308.85/cwt299.00–327.501,00415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379315.88/cwt279.00–332.501,19726
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418313.32/cwt287.50–325.001,31016
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned438265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,16133
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476287.41/cwt280.00–315.001,36835
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523276.12/cwt267.50–290.001,44418
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned524240.30/cwt237.50–247.501,25972
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531259.34/cwt250.00–272.501,37725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,3317
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566244.27/cwt222.50–250.001,38324
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574263.42/cwt260.00–265.001,51254
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned603237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,43241
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622248.65/cwt238.00–257.001,54736
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631236.89/cwt236.00–238.001,49520
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned680223.51/cwt221.00–227.501,52015
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726219.82/cwt211.00–225.001,59614
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1764223.58/cwt216.00–225.001,70844
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811207.70/cwt205.50–209.001,68411
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1930204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,8974
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1981201.30/cwt191.00–205.001,97511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1393339.77/cwt330.00–355.001,33510
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned468288.91/cwt287.50–291.001,35215
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519273.66/cwt267.00–285.001,42035
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned573250.40/cwt245.00–257.501,4357
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2621237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4754
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned637241.83/cwt240.00–245.001,5408
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned771210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6194
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,315164.51/cwt164.00–165.002,1632
Bulls——1,552150.56/cwt128.00–159.002,3379
Bulls——1,711164.46/cwt161.00–170.002,8149
Bulls——1,743174.11/cwt172.00–178.003,0356
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight935115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0753
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight985129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2711
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,119134.33/cwt129.00–135.001,5039
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165124.12/cwt121.00–126.001,44632
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246132.57/cwt120.00–137.501,65244
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330140.02/cwt139.00–144.001,86215
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,345107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,4393
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443136.28/cwt126.00–141.001,96736
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475143.98/cwt142.00–148.002,12414
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1971177.06/cwt154.00–194.001,7197
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,210135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6348

This sale against other markets

Oklahoma weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.